Jean-Louis MISSIKA - The media republic

Pouvoirs n°68 - Qui gouverne la France ? - janvier 1994 - p.101-110

The media pressure on the action of the government and, more generally, on political action, is not very well understood. The mass media are made responsible for phenomena which existed before their development and which are the outcome of the normal working of democracy. Critics often forget that the media are dependant on three major powers : the power of their sources, the power of the public, and the power of the belief in the power of the media. Thus, media power does exist but it is part of a very complex network of forces which represent the media Republic. Résumé

Référence électonique : Jean-Louis MISSIKA, "The media republic", Pouvoirs, revue française d’études constitutionnelles et politiques, n°68, 1994, . Consulté le 11-02-2012. URL : http://www.revue-pouvoirs.fr/The-media-republic.html